Consultations
Research Consultations
Submission from the Director, Education and Science to the RCUK Review of UK Physics (23 May 2003)
Submission: RCUK Review of UK Physics
Submission of additional data from the Manager, Science Policy, to inform the RCUK Review of UK Physics (22 May 2008)Submission: Additional data to inform RCUK Review of UK Physics
Response from the Manager, Science Policy to the RCUK Review of UK Physics' request for a list of the most popular journals representing each area of physics research as disaggregated by IOPscience (6 March 2008)
Response: List of journals
Response from the Manager, Science Policy to the RCUK’s Large Facilities Roadmap for 2007 consultation (24 January 2008
Response: Large Facilities Roadmap for 2007
Response from the Director, Education and Science to the RCUK’s Revised Concordat to Support the Career Management of Researchers (28 September 2007)
Response: Revised Concordat to Support the Career Management of Researchers
Letter from the Director, Education and Science to Rt. Hon. Alistair Darling MP with regards to the DTI’s cuts to the research council’s budgets (5 March 2007)
Letter: DTI cuts to the research council budgets
Letter from the Director, Education and Science to PPARC with regards to the lack of FEC for users of central and international facilities (5 March 2007)
Letter: FEC for users of central and international facilities
Response from the Chief Executive to RCUK’s review of the efficiency and effectiveness of the peer review process (17 January 2007)
Response: Efficiency and effectiveness of peer review
Response from the Manager, Science Policy to EPSRC’s Draft Delivery Plan (12 January 2007)
Joint letter from the President and the President of RAS to PPARC with regards to concerns on how ESA facilities beam time will be credited in the 2008 RAE (18 December 2006)
Letter: ESA facilities beam time and how it will be credited in the 2008 RAE
Letter from the Director, Education and Science to the OSI with regards to the naming of the Science and Technology Facilities Council (14 November 2006)
Letter: The naming of the Science and Technology Facilities Council
Response from the Policy Officer to EPSRC's consultation on its 2006 Strategic Plan (28 July 2006)
Response: EPSRC 2006 Strategic Plan
Response from the Chief Executive to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s Inquiry, ‘Research Council Support for Knowledge Transfer’ (16 February 2006)
Response: Research Council Support for Knowledge Transfer
Response from the Chief Executive to the RCUK proposal on access to research outputs (23 August 2005)
Response: RCUK proposal on access to research outputs
Response from the Director, Education and Science to the OST 2004 Review of Research Councils UK (1 April 2004)
Response: RCUK review
Response from the Director, Education and Science to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee's scrutiny of the CCLRC (12 March, 2004)
Response: CCLRC scrutiny
Letter from the Director, Education and Science to the CCLRC in response to their request on input to the question, 'What factors should the CCLRC take in account in determining the timeline for a next generation neutron source from a UK perspective?' (28 November, 2003)
Letter: next generation neutron source timeline
Response from the Director, Education and Science to RCUK Spending Review 2004: Stakeholder Consultation (30 September, 2003)
Response: Spending Review 2004: Stakeholder Consultation
Response from the Director, Education and Science to the consultation document, Shaping CCLRC's future - strategic plan 2003-2008 (20 June, 2003)
Response: Shaping CCLRC's future - strategic plan 2003-2008
Response from the Director, Education and Science, to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee's scrutiny of the EPSRC (13 June, 2003)
Response: Scrutiny of the EPSRC
Submission from the Policy Officer to the European Science Foundation regarding the proposal to form a European Research Council (3 September, 2002)
Submission: proposal to form a European Research Council
Confidential letter from the Manager, Higher Education & Research to Lucy Brady, the EPSRC Physics Programme Manager, on the draft business plan for 2003/4 (July 24, 2002).
Letter from the Manager, Policy to Lynne Porter at NERC regarding NERC's Strategic Plan (version 1) and Science and Innovation Strategy (version 1) (January 14, 2002).
Letter: Strategic Plan (version 1) and Science and Innovation Strategy
Letter from the Director, Science to David Brown at NERC regarding the new NERC Science and Innovation Strategy (September 28, 2001).
Letter: Science and Innovation Strategy
Letter from the Chief Executive to David Clark at EPSRC regarding equipment costs (July 18, 2001).
Letter: Equipment costs
Confidential letter from the Higher Education Manager to Lucy Brady, the EPSRC Physics Programme Manager, on the draft business plan for 2002/3 (July 10, 2001)
Letter from the Director, Science to Richard King at the Office of Science and Technology regarding the Institute's response to the second stage of the Quinquennial Review of the grant awarding Research Councils (June 29, 2001)
Letter: Quinquennial Review of the Grant Awarding Research Councils
Letter from the President, Sir Peter Williams to Ian Gibson at the Office of Science and Technology regarding the Institute's response to the Quniquennial Review of the grant awarding Research Councils (March 13, 2001)
Review: Grant Awarding Research Councils: Letter
Letter from the Chief Executive to Professor Ian Halliday concerns PPARC's review of advisors and peer- review structures (October 25, 2000).
Letter from the Manager Higher Education and Research to Lucy Brady, Physics Programme Manager EPSRC, commenting on a draft of the 2000 Physics Programme Business Plan (July 24, 2000).
Letter from Director, Science to Ian Gibson, OST in response to the Quinquennial Review of the CCLRC (July 18, 2000).
Letter: Quinquennial Review of the CCLRC
Letter from the Director, Science to Mr Ian Cameron of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council concerning the EPSRC's consultation entitled Flexible Support for Doctoral level Training (March 6, 2000).
Letter: Flexible Support for Doctoral Level Training
Attachment: Flexible Support for Doctoral Level Training
Letter from the Manager for Higher Education and Research to Ms Lucy Brady Physics Programme Manager of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council concerning the physics programme's 1999 Business Plan (July 27, 1999).
EPSRC 1998 physics programme evaluation exercise - letter to the EPSRC’s Evaluation Panel concerning the Institute’s observation of the exercise (22 September 1998).
EPSRC Peer Review Procedures 1995-96 An Institute of Physics Survey - letter to the Chief Executive of the EPSRC, enclosing copies of the report (12 February 1998).
EPSRC Peer Review Procedures 1995-96. An Institute of Physics survey [Policy Paper 981] (January 1998).
Funding of physics within EPSRC - letter to the Chief Executive of EPSRC (24 December 1997).
Remits of the EPSRC physics and materials programmes - letter to the EPSRC’s Physics and Materials programme managers. (20 November 1997).
Promising research topics - submission to the EPSRC’s Materials Programme Manager (23 May 1997).
Prior Options Reviews of Public Sector Research Establishments - response to the House of Commons Science & Technology Committee (8 October 1996).
Review of Condensed Matter - comments sent to the EPSRC’s Condensed Matter Physics Programme Manager (4 October 1996).
Burgeoning Areas of Physics - report to the EPSRC Physics Programme Manager (23 May 1996)
EPSRC's Physics Programme - agreement between the Institute of Physics and the EPSRC - joint press release (22 March 1996)
Physics Programme funding and the importance of adequate recognition for basic physics research - letter to EPSRC (21 February 1996)
The Institute's view on the CCLRC - letter to the Office of Science and Technology dated 8 March 1994 (4 January 1996)
Inquiry into the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council - evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee (December 1995)
Monitoring support for basic science, particularly within the EPSRC - letter to the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Trade and Industry (23 November 1995)
Monitoring of EPSRC support for basic physics - letter to the Chief Executive of EPSRC (17 November 1995)
Review of Senior Management of the Research Councils - response to the Office of Science and Technology (20 November 1995)
Public Sector Research Establishments - comments the OST’s Trans-Departmental Science and Technology Group on the Efficiency Unit’s Report on PRSEs (7 November 1994).
Public Sector Research Establishments - comments to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee enquiry into the Efficiency Unit’s scrutiny of PSREs (7 October 1994).
Central Laser Facility - response to the EPSRC's Facilities and International Group's review (4 October 1994).
Importance of physics-based industries and the role of the National Physical Laboratory and National Measurement System - letter from the President to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Trade and Technology (12 August 1994).
EPSRC’s published operational plans and peer review system - letter from the President to the EPSRC (12 August 1994).
Monitoring support for basic physics research - letter from the President to the EPSRC (3 June 1994).
National Physical Laboratory - statement following the review of DTI laboratories (22 April 1994).
Public Sector Research Establishments - response to the President of the Royal Society concerning the methods adopted for the scrutiny exercise of 53 PSREs (5 April 1994).
Public Sector Research Establishments - letter to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry concerning five DTI establishments included in the PSRE Scrutiny Exercise (30 March 1994).
Daresbury and Rutherford Appleton Laboratories - letter from the President to the Director General of Research Councils concerning the future organisation of the laboratories (8 March 1994).
SERC Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Initiative - letter to the Coordinator of the Initiative (25 November 1993)
Assessors on Research Councils - letter from the President to Rt Hon. William Waldegrave MP (5 October 1993).
National Physical Laboratory - letter from the President to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, DTI, on current perception and future role of the Laboratory (6 May 1993).
Space and Defence Research
Letter from the Chief Executive to Mr Terence Jagger of the Ministry of Defence in response to the MoD's consultation entitled A Public Private Partnership (PPP) for the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) (June 9, 2000).
DERA public private partnership - submission to MoD inquiry (15 June 1999).
Defence research expenditure - submission to inquiry by House of Commons Defence Committee (11 June 1999).
Defence Diversification - letter to the Director of Procurement Plans, Ministry of Defence, concerning the government’s Green Paper (12 May 1998).
Defence procurement and industrial policy - response to the House of the Commons Defence Committee inquiry (26 February 1998).
Strategic non-partisan defence review for the UK - comments to the Director of Defence Policy, Ministry of Defence, about the Defence Evaluation Research Agency (30 June 1997).
British National Space Centre's UK Space Policy Discussion Document - submission sent to the BNSC (22 February 1996)
The future of the high quality physics research carried out at the Defence Evaluation Research Agency - letter to the Secretary of State, The Rt Hon Malcolm Rifkind MP (1 May 1995)
Enquiry into the Defence Research Agency - response to the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology (12 January 1994).
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